The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-18
Notes or the Stage.

! Janauschek leaves for Europe in February.
| Mrs Potter 10 acting in the ons-night towns
| Of Pennsylvania
Natural Gas" will play a return engagement
in this city on Jan. 2, afternoon aud evening" at
| English's.
| Gilletss's '.Heid by the Enemy" is being done
| by three companies in America one in England
| and one il Australia
1t is reported on good authority that Geraldine
| Uimer. the pretty Yum Yum, will shortly be-
| come Mrs. Sir Arthur Sullivan.
MIR. John Hazelrigg, an actor whose home is
| in this city, has become a star, blossoming out
last week in a new play called "One Million
Dollars"
It is better to be q .'freak" than President of
the United States. Mile. Christine, the two
headed woman, gets 800 q week, and draws o
good deal moro than that.
Frank Bixby, formerly of this city. has severed
, his connection manager of Folks MIXED
Pickles" Company. He has accepted position
with the Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad.
PATHS present husband, Signor Nicolni, is
writing the memoirs of his wife and it is said
has done her first husband, the Marquis de
Caux. full justice, characterizine him as "a gen.
tleman of the first water. with all the virtues
and weaknesses OF such one"
In the comic opera line the latest possibility
is recently talked of revival of STRAUSS most
tuneful and most successful comique, the
MERRY War" 1t il proposed to have a new
libretto written, to put the piece in gorgeous
spectacular style. with beautiful chorus of a
hundred.
There is talk Of q copyright clash over the
title, One of the Boys" of a comedy in which
nounced to star. Ed E. Kidder wrote and Ro-
land Reed produced play of that rame three
yesrs ago. Mackay's piece is by William Yard
ley. the English buriesque writer.
A. S. Phillips, who is organizing company
to produce his nurlesque on Mr.. Irving's Faust"
In which he is to do Mephistopheles, has secured
Fay Templeton, George Fortescue and James
Mass, and will open the season at the Four
teenthstreet Thsater. New York, jan. g. OF
course Miss Templston will be Faust and the
bulksome Mr.. Forteseus Margaret
E. a. Sothern of "The Highest Bidder"
possesses q remarkable collection Of play bills.
One of them describes q performance of ''Dun-
dreary.n in Paris in 1865 The elder Sothern.
Of course: filled the title role; John T. Raymond
monds first wife. was the Mary Meredith, and
Henry Irving. the famous English actor. acted
Abel Murcott
A professional" matinee of 1.-THE Arabian
Nights" was given at the Academy of Music
New York. Thursday, at which were present
says . veracious statistician, 300 comedians, 2
lists. 169 leading men, 157 leading women. sec
sonbrettes. l03 old men, 80 old women. 60 com
bination managers, representatives OF 4 Uncle
Tom" companies and of % minstrel hands
The story Of 1.-THE Soegarth." the new Irish
drama which will be at the Star Theater,
Jan. t. hangs on the suspected murder Of an Irish
tenant by his landlord and the fastening of the
crime upon the real culprit The discovery is
made through a double confession to q priest
who feels at liberty to disclose what was told
him out of church, though bound to secrecy
to the disclosure made while attired in his
priestly robes. w. H. Thompson, formerly of
Days Thsater. and Miss Adele Belgrade will
play the leading parts.
Miss Marion Fleming formerly Miss Mamie
Hough, OF this city, is starring in ''Ths Brook"
q musical comedy, in the South and is being
highly praised wherever she appears. The Will
mington. N. c., Messenger recently said Of her:
''Too Truch cannot be said in her praise. She
is a whole show by herself; full of Ifs and vim.
She never seems to tire. She Is first here, there
and everywhere always doing something to
make the audience feel happy and to keep them
laughing. She works herself right into the
hearts of .hs audience and becomes favorite st
cncs. This Is Miss Flemine's fifth season on
the stage but she has been in q good school and
is a natural born comedienne, and justly de-
serves sll the kind things said of her by the
press"